Nariakira Kitao

Nariakira Kitao (17 August 1983-30 April 2017) was a major in Japan's Special Assault Team (SAT) special forces.

Biography
Nariakira Kitao was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1983, and he served in the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) before transferring to the classified Special Assault Team. Kitao was trained in hostage rescue, search and destroy, and capturing strategic points, and he was given command of the detachment of SAT troops sent to take part in "Operation Yamamoto" in Syria. Kitao was killed by Islamic State machine gun fire while firing on IS militants from a ridge, and Japan denied his existence.